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Meaning of prognathous in English:

prognathous

Pronunciation /prɒɡˈneɪθəs//ˈprɒɡnəθəs/

adjective

1Having a projecting lower jaw or chin.

1.1(of a lower jaw or chin) projecting.

‘her chin was a little prognathous’

‘Although the head is worn, a detail shows that the lower part of the face extends down to the trachea at the base of the neck; this roughened area, too massive to be simply a prognathous jaw, must instead represent a full beard.’

‘Exceedingly tall and gaunt with a long, prognathous jaw, he never took his eyes from me as he went over to an accordion wilted across a stool.’

‘Enlarged as though in a magnifying mirror, the abundant follicles sprout gut-string stubble as a gentle sleeping smile winks above the prognathous jaw.’

‘The prognathous jaw became a sign of lower development and of a closer relationship to primitive man.’